This week we can offer newer evidence to show what Gates is doing to national libraries using software donations and so-called ‘studies’ that are funded by Gates to promote his agenda. This latest article also reveals the role of the Washington Post where Melinda Gates has some special control as board member [1, 2] and occasional story planter.

The Washington Post reported that a study released by the UW and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation found that 44 percent of people living below the federal poverty line went to public libraries to use computers and the Internet.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation paid the University of Washington Information School to conduct the study of library use. Researchers found that people are using library computers to look for jobs, connect with friends, do homework and generally improve their lives. The study adds ammunition to public libraries that are competing harder than ever for funding to support services, including Intenet access.

“The study adds ammunition,” eh? That’s quite a combative way of phrasing it. Who are they using the ammunition against? Well, last week we wrote about the Gates Foundation spreading SteadyState, which is somewhat of a Trojan horse inside libraries. To whit:

Of course, where some see a Microsoft blunder, others see a Linux opportunity.

There are lots of ways to solve this problem under Linux, but none of the ones I can think of offhand are easy or automatic:

1. You can run your shared-access PC from a Linux “Live CD.” It’s impossible to corrupt the operating system, and you can get a clean start with every reset. Disadvantage: live CDs are slow; also ties up the CD-ROM drive.

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The original article is from Yardena Arar, who is a Microsoft booster that writes for a Microsoft Windows site right now. As we pointed out in last week’s post, Microsoft is requiring all sorts of software updates, so the libraries receive computers with Microsoft strings attached to them.

On March 10, the library got a delivery of two new computers, a color printer and a scanner, all of which have proved immensely popular and useful, according to branch librarian Tom Gardner, Jr.

“Both computers are equipped with a range of software, including Microsoft Office programs,” Gardner explained. “Only one of our old computers had the Microsoft Office software, and it was in constant demand. Many of the other library branches still have only one computer equipped with Microsoft Office.”

Are users still waiting for those addons to be bought through Microsoft, thus making many children “addicted” to Microsoft? The assumption is that many users of libraries are young people, although not based on the Gates study which tells the sob story of helping the poor… with Windows. Earlier today we showed how Microsoft treats the unemployed… with Windows indoctrination. How opportunistic. The people who are least able to afford Microsoft software are being made “addicted” to it. █

“They’ll get sort of addicted, and then we’ll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade.”

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We’re being told by Microsoft that the “old” Microsoft is just a thing of the past while Microsoft keeps liaising with oppressive regimes like China’s and Trump's; what will it take for media in Microsoft’s pocket to openly admit that it all boils down to publicity stunts and nice-sounding euphemisms?

The GNOME Board of Directors works for IBM and/or Microsoft at GitHub; it’s not entirely surprising that despite opposition from some GNOME developers the head of the GNOME Foundation, preceded by people who have since defected to Microsoft, described Dr. Richard Stallman as “reprehensible” and called for him to step down (from his very own thing, never mind the “G” in GNOME standing for GNU)

Principled, opinionated, self-governing individuals aren't any good for corporations looking to not only use their projects but to totally control those projects (copyleft licences such as GPL already make that hard enough for them, so it takes more time for legal 'hacks' such as software patents, "clown computing" and GitHub)

Certain groups that claim to represent the values of "Open Source" are in fact promoting the interests of Microsoft, GitHub etc. (i.e. monopoly or "open" as in a bunch of monopolies like Facebook and Microsoft sharing code snippets/resources over GitHub)

Torvalds and others who are middle-aged (or older) males are often torpedoed using weakly-backed allegations (or insinuations/innuendo) of sexism; that does not seem to matter and won't matter when they treat men the same (or worse)

Linus Torvalds was not fully canceled; nor was Richard Stallman, who's still heading the GNU Project (under conditions specified by those looking to oust him; people who code for Microsoft GitHub and many IBM employees)

General Hugh Shelton, Chairman of the Board of Red Hat, explains (keynote in 2011 Red Hat Summit/JBoss World) that he was introduced to the system as part of a military campaign; it basically helped war, not antiwar

Techrights examines Red Hat’s (IBM’s) hypocritical claims about the Free Software Foundation, founded by Richard Stallman back when IBM was the “big scary monopolist”; IBM employees were prominent among those pushing to oust Stallman from the GNU Project, which he founded, as well

The (in)famous letter against Richard Stallman (RMS), which was signed by many Red Hat employees with Microsoft (GitHub) accounts, doesn’t look particularly good in light of recent revelations/findings; it increasingly looks like IBM simply wants Microsoft-hosted and “permissively” licensed stuff, just like another project it announced yesterday and another that it promoted yesterday

One might not expect this from a so-called 'charity'; the Gates Foundation's critics are often met with unprecedented aggression, threats and retribution, which make one wonder if it's really a charity or a greedy cult of personalities (Bill and Melinda)

The assault on the media by Bill Gates is a subject not often explored by the media (maybe because a lot of it is already bribed by him); but we're beginning to gather new and important evidence that explains how critics are muzzled (even fired) and critical pieces spiked, never to see the light of day anywhere

Microsoft buying GitHub does not demonstrate that Microsoft loves Open Source (GitHub is not Open Source and may never be) but that it loves monopoly and coercion (what GitHub is all about and why it must be rejected)

The European Patent Office (EPO) keeps granting fake patents that cause a lot of real harm (examiners are pressured to play along and participate in this unlawful agenda); nobody is happy except those who profit from needless, frivolous lawsuits